Thursday, 16 May 2024

SIKKIM DAY - 16TH MAY ( NORTHEAST STATE)

STATE DAY - 16 MAY ( 1975) 

STATE BIRD  - Blood Pheasant 

STATE FLOWER - Noble Dendrobium

STATE TREE - Rhododendron 

STATE ANIMAL - Red Panda 

STATE CAPITAL - Gangtok 

GEOGRAPHY - 

TOTAL Area - 7,096 Square Km 

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE - Sikkimese, Nepali, Lepcha, English 

WILDLIFE SANCTUARY - 

CHIEF MINISTER - Prem Singh Tamang 

GOVERNOR - Lakshman Acharya 

Assembly Seat - 32 

Rajya Sabha Seat - 1 

Lok Sabha Seat - 1 

HIGH COURT - Sikkim 

HIGHEST PEAK - Kanchenjunga Peak ( 8,586 meter) 

Third highest in The World ( India's Highest Peak) 



UNESCO HERITAGE SITE - 

NICK NAME - Valley Of Rice 



TOTAL DISTRICTS - 6 

a) Gangtok 

b) Mangan 

c) Namchi 

d) Gyalshing 

e) Pakyong 

f) Soreng 

STATE DANCE - Lachung ( During Buddhist Festival LOSAR) 

* Dashain ( Durga Puja) 

RIVER - 

Teesta River Is The Largest River Of Sikkim, Originating From Tso Lhamo Lake In North Sikkim And Flowing Through Sikkim, North Bengal And Into Bangladesh. 

( Length Of Teesta River - 315 KM) 



WATERFALLS - 

BAN JHAKRI FALLS IS A TOURIST ATTRACTION IN SIKKIM - 


IMPORTANT DAM I N SIKKIM - 

* RANGPO Dam - 



* Singtam Teesta Dam - 




* Rangit Dam - 



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